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3-D Printing: The Nephron’s Proximal Tube
Kidney Nephron
With some 93,000 people now waiting—in some cases up to ten years—for a live kidney transplant, the need for [MORE]
Antimicrobial PICC Line Cover
With many wearable medically-related devices, it’s no wonder that a clever entrepreneur has coined
PICC Line Cover by Care + Wear
the [MORE]
Nanoparticles Delivery Synthetic DNA in Treating Thalassemia in Lab Animals
Thalassemia
Several years ago a gene repair technique called “chimeraplasty” looked promising, though it never reached fruition. The idea was to [MORE]
First 3-D Heart-on-a-Chip
3-D Heart-on-a-Chip
Quoting directly: “Harvard University researchers have made what they are touting as the first entirely 3D-printed organ-on-a-chip with integrated [MORE]
Out-of-the-Box Implantable Xenografts
BVWG2 Technology
Animal tissues can be cleaned and engineered to provide implantable xerographs for such surgical needs as hernia repairs, abdominal [MORE]
New Development in Imaging Atherosclerosis
Atherosclerosis
Stanford researchers have demonstrated how fluorescent markers and PET/CT imaging can provide non-invasive scans of atherosclerotic plaque inflammation. The probes [MORE]
Automated Data Analysis
Data Analysis
Since Hippocrates’ time, medicine has depended on “feature sets” (i.e. symptoms patients presented) to give a physician some degree [MORE]
Injectable Hydrogel for Heart Repairs
Heart Attack Damage
Hyaluronic acid exists naturally in many human tissues (extracellular matrix) and comes commercially from recombinant Bacillus subtilis. It [MORE]
Mobile Vaccine Delivery Device
Isobar Cooler Will Broadway
This YouTube clip shows a clever piece of engineering that addresses one pressing need and suggests a [MORE]
Personalized Medical Devices—3-D Printed Biodegradable Stents
3D Printing Customized Stents
Today’s arterial stents are made from either metal or plastic. They come in different sizes, and the [MORE]
Cartilage Regeneration
Anatomy of TMJ
Quoting directly from this piece: “Researchers [Columbia University, College of Dental Medicine] have identified stem cells in the [MORE]
Graphene Augmented Nanofiber Scaffolds Show New Cell Behaviors
Key to regenerative medicine is creating a conducive environment for cell behavior, and that environment begins with a proper scaffold [MORE]
Quantum Dots for Tumor Imaging
Quantum Dots
If you happen to own one of those new Samsung SUHD televisions, you know the current state of art [MORE]
Gene Therapy for Parkinson’s Disease
Dopamine Pathways
In two more years, the idea of clinical gene therapy will be a half-century old. Yet, during this time [MORE]